Monday, September 26, 2005

Prepare the raspberry pie for Able Danger

Johnny Wendell brought to my attention the following Wikipedia article:
Manucher Ghorbanifar has emerged as the probable origin of the information cited by CongressmanCurt Weldon's book, Countdown to Terror: The Top-Secret Information that Could Prevent the Next Terrorist Attack on America... and How the CIA has Ignored it (Regnery Publishing, June 2005) ISBN: 0895260050. Weldon cites an anonymous source, "Ali," believed to be Fereidoun Mahdavi, a former Iranian minister of commerce before the Iranian Revolution who is a close associate of Ghorbanifar.
I guessed this from the beginning (and have the e-mail to prove it).
Calling Ghorbanifar a con man is to improperly exalt that profession. He is an artiste of disinformation, virtually unparalleled at making things up. The Hindrocket of the 1980s. If the New York Times is using him as a source, even indirectly, they deserve the raspberry pie should his information prove to be as reliable as in the past.

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